Wagon-unloading device



May 19, 1925. 1,538,464

F. w. CHICH WAGON UNLOADING DEVICE Filed March 16, 1923 To all whom itmay concern .1

Patented May 19, 1925 UNITED STATES FRED w. omen, or wEYAuwne-A,WISCONSIN.

WAGON-UNLOADING DEVICE.

Application filed March 16,1923. Serial No. 625,642;

Be it known that I, FRED W. (ll-1101i, a citizen of the United States,residing at Weyauwega, in the county of VVaupaca, State ofWVisconsin,have invented a new and useful Wagon-Unloading Device; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of theinvention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art I) to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The invention relates to unloading devices for wagons, and has for itsobject to dispose within a wagon body adjacent the forward end thereof atransversely disposed and longitudinally movable member,5which whenmoved rearwardly will force material within the wagon body out'of therear end thereof. Also to provide a chain attached to the transverselydisposed member, which chain extends outwardly through the rear end ofthe body and is adapted to beattached to a post or the like in such amanner that upon the forward movement of the wagon the transverselydisposedmember will be moved rearwardly and force the materialrearwardly out of the wagon body.

A further object is to provide the transversely disposed member with ascraping elementadapted to scrape over the bottom of the wagon bodycompartment, thereby insuring the-expelling of all material from thewagon body.

With the above and other objects inview the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodimentof the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of a wagon showing theunloading device applied thereto. 7

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the forward portion of the wagon bodyshowing the load expelling device therein. q 7

Figure 3 is a transverse; sectional view through the forward end of theWagon body showing the rear side of the load expeller.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of awagonand 2 the.

supporting wheels therefor. It has been found that in wagonsof thenon-dump type,

that it is necessary. to either remove slats in the bottom thereof or toshovel the material i from the body, when it is desired to unload. Toobviate this difliculty a transversely disposed member 8 is disposedwithin the body 1, which member is adapted to be moved towards the rearend 4 of the body for forcing the-load out of the rear end of the body.

The member 8 comprises a vertically dis- 7 posed portion 5, ahorizontallydisposed portion (Sand end triangular shaped members 7. Theportion '6 rests on'the bottom 8 of the wagon and is provided with asharpened edge 9 for thoroughly scraping the material 7 from the bottomof the body; The triangular shaped members 7 engage the inner walls ofthe sides 1 of the body and thoroughly scrape the same, as thetransversely disposed member is moved rearwardly. Connected at 10 to thevertically disposed member 5 is a rearwardly extending chain 11,

which chain extends through the rear end 4' ingor by the rearwardmovement of. the material being unloaded. By providing the horizontallydisposed portion 6, it will be seen that the weight of the materialthereon will prevent the same from tilting and insure the scraping ofthe bottom 8 by the sharpened edge 9.

From the above it will be seen that a wagon unloading device isprovided, which is simple in construction and one which may be easilyand quickly applied to the wagon body without modifying the constructionof the wagon bod-y. It will also be seen that the unloading operation isa quick one and consequently a great deal of time and labor is saved.

The invention having been set forth What is claimed as new and useful isThe combination with a wagon body having slidably mounted therein anunloading device for forcing material from the body through the rear endof the'body, a flexible member connected to said slidable member andextending igezniwa wlly through the open movement by weight of thelnatenial; on the and of thebody adjaeent the bottom thereof,hc-nizzontal portionthereof.

of a rearwardly movable and slidable end In testimony whereof I havesigned my gate, said end gate coinpyising a vertically. name to thisspeeifioation in the presence of 5 disposed portion, the lower end ofsaid vertwo subscribing Witnesses. l5

tioally disposed portion bein plgoyided with a horizontally disposed poition extending FRED CHIGH' forwardly in the Wagon body and resting onlvltnes sesz the flexible member, said end gate being held T. F. WILSON,

10 normally in position and ag: inst rearward Lotus J. STEIN.-

